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An elderly couple was killed in an apparent mishap involving their pickup truck on Sunday night in the Mid-City area, police said.

About 9 p.m. on the 4200 block of West Overlook Drive, a man was repositioning a truck in his driveway when he backed into and struck his husband, police said. With the truck still in gear, the man then got out to check on her wife, only to have the truck roll back and over her, killing her, police said.

The husband was rushed to a hospital, where he died from his injuries, police said.

The names and exact ages of the deceased were not immediately available. Both were born in the 1930s, an officer said.